Museum is open during the 2019 NY Farm Show

Witter Agricultural Museum will be open during the 2019 NY Farm Show, Feb. 21-23

PUBLISHED ON January 7, 2019

Please stop by for a visit down memory lane as you enjoy all that the 2019 NY Farm Show has to offer. (Queensland State Archives, Public Domain)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Daniel Parrish Witter Agricultural Museum at the NYS Fairgrounds will be open from 8:30 to 4:00 each day during the 2019 NY Farm Show, Feb. 21-23. The Witter Museum is located between the new Expo Center and the Dairy Cattle Building. Admission to the Museum will be free to all NY Farm Show attendees.

The Witter Museum, built in 1928, celebrated its 90th Anniversary in 2018. The Witter Museum contains many displays and exhibits as well as actual demonstrators. Subjects include weaving, broom making, wood working, spinning, hops, basket making, sewing, quilting, dairy, apples and much more. The Witter Museum houses a wide array of antique farming artifacts and tells the history of agriculture in NY State. One of the highlights of the Museum is an authentic c. 1810 log cabin that was moved to this location from a farm in Schoharie Co. in 1928.

Please stop by for a visit down memory lane as you enjoy all that the 2019 NY Farm Show has to offer.